Antidepressants
Beginning an antidepressant often brings many questions. How long before you start feeling the effects? Is it normal to experience side effects? Can you stop whenever you want?
These medications can help you regain better emotional balance, but each person reacts differently. Your pharmacist is there to listen, answer your questions, and make sure your treatment is well adapted to your needs.
Depression and seasonal affective disorder – what’s the difference?
The winter blues and seasonal affective disorder can affect adults, children and teenagers. Find out more in order to better tell them apart, successfully alleviate their symptoms and be referred to an appropriate treatment.
Is it stress, anxiety or anguish? How to tell them apart.
Stress, anxiety and anguish are normal and useful emotions. In small doses, they allow us to act. In too high doses, they exhaust us. Learn to manage them in a healthy way.
11 tips for taking care of one’s mental health
Having good mental health does not mean that a person will have consistent feelings of wellbeing. Experiencing stress or exhaustion is normal, especially when faced with difficult situations.
Medication and Mental Health: Understanding Treatments for Anxiety and Depression
Caring for your mental health also means knowing when to ask for help and sometimes, considering medication. Treatments for anxiety and depression help many people regain emotional balance, but it is not always easy to understand the different options.
Your Accès pharma chez Walmart pharmacist is there to guide you every step of the way: helping you understand your treatment, monitoring side effects, and answering your questions with compassion. Thanks to their expertise, your pharmacist can help you navigate your medication safely and progress at your own pace.
Identifying postpartum depression and the baby blues
Motherhood is often depicted as a uniquely positive experience. The normal effects brought on by the arrival of a baby are therefore often confused with symptoms of postpartum depression. It is very important to be informed, that way you can tell what is normal or not and act quickly when needed. Postpartum depression can affect the parent-child emotional bond, which can, in turn, affect a baby’s development.
ADHD in Adults and Children
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more than having trouble concentrating. It is a neurodevelopmental condition that influences attention regulation, emotional management, and energy levels and it can appear at any age. ADHD affects many children and adults in Québec.
Often identified in childhood, ADHD frequently continues into adulthood, where it may impact work, family life, and social relationships. The good news? With the right follow-up, ADHD can be managed very effectively.
Your Accès pharma chez Walmart pharmacist plays a key role in this journey: informing you about treatment options, monitoring side effects, offering personalized advice, and supporting you every step of the way.
Using medication to treat depression
Antidepressant medicines restore the balance of chemicals (neurotransmitters) naturally present in the human organism and critical to normal brain function. They influence emotions, memory and concentration. Combined with therapy and support from one’s entourage, antidepressants can contribute to healing depression.
